Leslie Marmon Silko Quotes
the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.
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People resent being shown that they don't approach the complexities of the problem - they don't know what exists beyond the surface ripples.
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One of my favorite stores in the Old Town is Buchbinderei. It's this tiny stationery shop where the owner, Doris Feldman, makes these beautiful hand-bound notebooks I always buy for gifts.
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We have to care about our bodies and what we put in them. Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health-take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself.
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Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and to have windows if the stories are about people who have been historically absent in literature.
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the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!
